[phantomathkg]

Speaking about benchmark.

Node vs Lua shows Node faster than Lua. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

Node vs C, only 4 to 5 times slower. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

Looking at its root, it is not too bad as a JIT compiled language.

[igouy]

Now, instead-of hand-written vector instructions, look at programs transliterated line-by-line literal style into different programming languages from the same original:

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

[xigoi]

“Only” 5 times slower? Imagine if every website that takes 10 seconds to load instead took 2 seconds…

[curtisblaine]

You know that CPU-bound performance would take a really small fragment of those straw man 10 seconds loading a page, right?

[wiseowise]

> “Only” 5 times slower? Imagine if every website that takes 10 seconds to load instead took 2 seconds…

All you need to know about the level of knowledge of average JS hater/muh native performance.